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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Yawita witzet ne nupilawantzitzin, yut mawiltiat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
"My boys are going to come soon, they're going to play."
Pwes nepa ka tiutak witzet.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
And towards the afternoon they came.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun. Teya su welik musalua.
The head came in the morning; she was no longer able to attach herself.
Ka madrugada witz, witz sepa.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
"In the morning she came, she came again."
Tik ne witztal yajki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Tik ne witztal yajki. Ustuwetzi. Ran! Mutamuta ne ustut.
Into the thorns it went; it fell in the ravine -- "rann" -- it threw itself into the ravine.
Kimatki ne Tantepuslamat, witz pal yawi kita.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman sensed it; she came to go see it.
Ne puchut waltemu witz, waltemu witz ne puchut y tajtasa ne majmajtzal tik tal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
The silk-cotton tree came donw, down came the silk-cotton tree and its brances touched the ground.
Yuwan kitajtamejchiwat ne witzkuyul pal ne naka, ne naka yu miki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yuwan kichiwat ne sanjo. Yuwan kitajtamejchiwat ne witzkuyul pal ne naka, ne naka yu miki.
"Go make a trench; go sharpen güiscoyols (thorny palms) so he'll stay there, stay there, he's going to die."
Man shiktzujtzuntamejtikan ne witzkuyul, wan ne shiktalpachukan.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Nikan shikchiwakan ne sanjoj. Man shiktzujtzuntamejtikan ne witzkuyul, wan ne shiktalpachukan.
"Make the trench here, but sharpen the güiscoyols and put them in the ground."
Uk yu witz ne tukujkul wan yu kimati ne. parran! pa! yu temu.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
"Now our 'bogeyman' is going to come there and he's going to feel the "parran", "pa", he's going to fall."
Mas ka tiutak, witzaya wan ne itapak.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
Later in the evening she was coming with her wash.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
En aquel tiempo witzet urakaneros tik se techan de nombre Chiltiupan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
In those days there came "hurricaners" from a town called Chilteopan.
Keman inat yejemet ka yawi panu urakan, segun yejemet inat ka tik ne ejekat panu ne witzet hombres wan siwatket al aire con tal de que witzet kwikat elut pal yejemet kiwikat, kunij ne mijmil nakak bien quebrado, bien aplastado, varias mazorcas desfigurado en un aspecto de como buba, yajane mazorcas kwikat ne Chiltiupanekos sekun nutatanoy wan nu noyaj kichiwket kontar.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
When they say there is going to be a big storm, so they say, in the wind that comes by there come men and women in the wind such that they come to carry off ears of corn for them to eat. Thus the milpas were left broken, quite flattened, with many ears of corn disfigured with a look like pustules. Those were the ears of corn that the Chilteopaners took, according to my grandfather and my grandmother.
Pero en ese caso siyujti nemi se takat intelijentej, wan muchiwki proponer ke era de mas tay witzet kichiwat nin tik tutechan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
But in this case, once there was a smart man who held that what they came to do in our town was too much.
Yajika neurakaneros witzet de Chiltiupan, witzet kwikat elut pal kikwa, pero kunij muchiwket jregar por ke kimiktijket se siwapil wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
So, the "hurricaners" in reality come from Chilteopan; they come to take ears of corn to eat. But they were screwed up, because they killed the girl and ate her.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
An trece de julio y dia de San Antonio nin ninemi nuchan tisennemit a la par wan se nuamikuj, witz wejka, yaja kineki kikaki kwentos tay tik nutechan kikchiwtuk suceder.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
Today, the 13th of July and St. Anthony's day, I am here in my house together with my friend who comes from far away. He likes to hear stories about what has taken place in my town.
Desde luego ka nin tik numataw ojonbron plastas pal toroj witz, yaja nikwaj tesu pan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
Therefore, here in my bag are big cowpies; that's what I ate, not bread.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Ya klaroj kitak kaj witz ne siwat, pero en ese rato yaja kishmatki, kitak yaja se siwat itukay Lionaj.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
He saw clearly that the woman was coming but at that time he recognized her, (thinking that) he saw a woman named Leonarda.
Sources and licenses
- Schultze Jena, Leonhard (recop.); King, Alan R. (ed.). Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku: narradores en náhuat Ynes Masin y otros. Edición en línea, enero 2012.
- Ramírez Vásquez, Genaro. Naja Ni Genaro. Edited by Alan R. King. IRIN (Iniciativa para la Recuperación del Idioma Náhuat), 2004; first electronic edition, 2013.
- Cárcamo, Héctor; Guardado, Martín; Domínguez, Ana; Aquino, Celeste; Ordóñez, Gary; Salgado, Hugo. Aprendiendo Náhuat en el Siglo 21: Achtu Taksalis. Edmonton: University of Alberta Library, 2023. https://pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/nawatse/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Adapted by nahuat.com.
- King, Alan R. Timumachtikan! Curso de lengua náhuat para principiantes adultos. 2011.
- Aráuz, Próspero. El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos. San Salvador, El Salvador: Departamento Editorial del Ministerio de Cultura, 1960. Adapted by nahuat.com.
- Campbell, Lyle. The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton Grammar Library 1. Berlin, New York, Amsterdam: Mouton, 1985. Traducción al español de los textos: Mauricio Mixco, en Campbell, El Idioma Pipil (Nahuate) de El Salvador (manuscrito inédito).